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- the present disclosure is generally related to medical apparatus, and more particularly, related to vertebral plates for retaining vertebrae.
- Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion is an operation that involves relieving pressure placed on nerve roots and a spinal cord by a herniated disc or bone spurs. Such condition is referred to as nerve root compression.
- the procedure includes removing damaged intervertebral disc, which is a source of compression and placing a bone graft between vertebrae adjacent to a space left by the removed disc.
- the bone graft is generally an inter-vertebral-body cage filled with bone.
- a vertebral plate is used to stabilize the spine and contain an intra-body cage while the spine heals.
- various plates are used for the process of internal fixation of the cervical spine.
- Such plates have fixed angle, variable angle and a mixture of both with locking mechanism.
- problems such as the inter-body cages telescope or subside into an adjacent vertebral bodies on a delayed basis after surgery.
- Such problem occurs due to a variety of factors including differences in biomechanical properties of the cage in relation to the vertebral body, inadvertent destruction of the end plate during end plate preparation, poor bone quality and micromotion. Further, if subsidence becomes too great, then screws may break or loosen and the plate may fail.
- the present invention includes a vertebral plate comprising: a frame having a modified triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw.
- the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae.
- the frame is made of titanium.
- a thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm.
- a size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm.
- the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees.
- the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw.
- the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a notch present between at least one pair of corners of the frame.
- an angle of curvature of the notch ranges from 0 to 180 degrees.
- the vertebral plate further comprises stacking a plurality of vertebral plates in a one below another configuration.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a smooth depression present on at least one edge of the frame.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a protrusion for fitting between two adjacent vertebrae.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a bend in the vertebral plate to enable medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory.
- the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory with a bend angle ranging from 0 to 180 degrees.
- the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, cephalad, caudal screw trajectory with screw recesses to direct the medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory.
- the present invention includes a vertebral plate consisting essentially of: a frame having a modified triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw.
- the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae.
- the frame is made of titanium.
- a thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm.
- a size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm.
- the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees.
- the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw.
- the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a notch present between at least one pair of corners of the frame.
- an angle of curvature of the notch ranges from 0 to 180 degrees.
- the vertebral plate further comprises stacking a plurality of vertebral plates in a one below another configuration.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a smooth depression present on at least one edge of the frame.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a protrusion for fitting between two adjacent vertebrae.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a bend in the vertebral plate to enable medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory.
- the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory with a bend angle ranging from 0 to 180 degrees.
- the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, cephalad, caudal screw trajectory with screw recesses to direct the medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory.
- the present invention includes a method of intervertebral fixation comprising: identifying a patient in need of cervical intervertebral fixation; providing a frame having a modified triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw; and affixing the frame to a first and a second cervical vertebrae with a screw at each screw hole present on each corner of the frame to provide intervertebral fixation.
- the method further comprises the step of affixing an additional frame between the first or second cervical vertebrae and a third vertebrae adjacent the first or second cervical vertebrae.
- the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae.
- the frame is made of titanium.
- a thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm.
- a size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm.
- the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees.
- the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw.
- the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame.
- the vertebral plate further comprises a notch present between at least one pair of corners of the frame.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of a vertebral plate 100 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a front view of a vertebral plate 300 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a front view of a vertebral plate 400 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a first stacked arrangement 600 a and a second stacked arrangement 600 b of vertebral plates, and a magnified view 600 c of the first stacked arrangement 600 a and the second stacked arrangement 600 b , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 7D illustrates the vertebral plate 702 fitted between a first vertebra 714 and a second vertebra 716 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the present invention includes a vertebral plate comprising: a frame having a modifies triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw; wherein the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae; wherein the frame is made of titanium; wherein thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm; wherein size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm; wherein the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees; wherein the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw; wherein the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm; wherein, further comprising a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame.
- FIG. 1A illustrates a vertebral plate 100 , according to an embodiment.
- the vertebral plate 100 may be used for implantation on one or more anterior portions of cervical vertebrae.
- the vertebral plate 100 may be used for single level or adjacent level.
- the vertebral plate 100 may be positioned upon at least two vertebrae, and below an intervertebral disc to be treated and/or removed.
- the vertebral plate 100 may include a frame 102 , having a triangular shape.
- the triangular shape may correspond to an isosceles triangle or an equilateral triangle.
- the frame 102 may be made up of titanium or other suitable rigid implant material.
- the screws may be covered with a pivot cover (not shown).
- a ring may be placed over the screws.
- a locking ring may be deflected medially by a taper of the screws which may allow the screws to pass by the locking ring, as the screws advance into the bone. It should be noted that the locking ring may capture the screws.
- the frame 102 may comprise a viewing window 110 disposed within an interior of the frame 102 . The viewing window 110 may allow direct visualization between vertebrae.
- a notch 110 may be present between at least one pair of corners of the frame 102 .
- a notch 302 having a different shape may be present between at least one pair of corners of the frame 102 .
- the notch 202 and the notch 302 may allow for better visualization of cervical vertebrae.
- a smooth depression 402 may be present on at least one edge of the frame 102 .
- thickness of the frame 102 may be 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm. The thickness of the frame 102 may be determined by mechanical testing. Further, a size of the frame 102 may range from 7 mm to 12 mm.
- a surgeon may attach the vertebral plate 100 to cervical vertebrae 502 of a patient.
- the vertebral plate 100 may be implanted on one or more anterior or ventral portions of the cervical vertebrae 202 .
- the vertebral plate 100 may be temporarily affixed to vertebrae by using the screws fastened through the screw holes 104 , 106 , and 108 .
- prefixation pins may be placed in the screw holes 104 , 106 , and 108 , using a pin driver.
- standard anterior exposure techniques may be used to expose one or more spinal segments to be fused.
- a properly sized vertebral plate 100 may span a distance between caudal and cephalad.
- a first stacked arrangement 600 a and a second stacked arrangement 600 b of vertebral plates, and a magnified view 600 c of the first stacked arrangement 600 a and the second stacked arrangement 600 b are henceforth explained with reference to FIG. 6 .
- the first stacked arrangement 600 a may be provided between a vertebral plate 602 and a vertebral plate 604 .
- the vertebral plate 602 may comprise a notch 606 for allowing a vortex 608 of the vertebral plate 604 to fit into or around a base of the vertebral plate 602 .
- the second stacked arrangement 600 b may be provided between a vertebral plate 620 and a vertebral plate 622 .
- the vertebral plate 620 may comprise a notch 624 for allowing a vortex 626 of the vertebral plate 622 to fit into or around a base of the vertebral plate 620 .
- curvature of the notch 606 and the notch 624 may range from 0 to 180 degrees.
- the magnified view 600 c of the stacked arrangements 600 a and 600 b shows a gap 630 present between notch and vertex of vertebral plates.
- the gap 630 may be present or contact between vertebral plates may be made based on surgical requirements for a patient. Further, if present, the gap 630 could be varied up to a predefined value to suit medical condition of a patient.
- the vertebral plate 702 may comprise three screw holes i.e. a first screw hole 704 , a second screw hole 706 , and a third screw hole 708 , where each screw hole is present at a corner of the vertebral plate 702 .
- the screw holes may be designed to receive screws.
- the screw holes may allow passing of screws of size 3.5 mm and 4.0 mm. It should be noted that a screw of 4.0 mm size may serve as a rescue screw if a screw of size 3.5 mm spin around in a bone.
- the screws may be of one or more types such as, but not limited to, self-tapping screws and self-drilling screws. It should be noted that multiple screw options may provide intra-operative flexibility.
- a viewing window 710 may be disposed within an interior of the vertebral plate 702 . The viewing window 710 may allow direct visualization during a surgical operation.
- the vertebral plate 702 comprises of a protrusion 712 .
- the vertebral plate 702 may be bent such that a bend angle x° may be present between a base plane and a centre line of the vertebral plate 702 .
- the bend angle x° may range from 0 to 180 degrees.
- the bent present in the vertebral plate 702 may enable medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory for low profile, over the vertebral body application. Also as an embodiment, related to FIG.
- compositions of the invention can be used to achieve methods of the invention.
- the words “comprising” (and any form of comprising, such as “comprise” and “comprises”), “having” (and any form of having, such as “have” and “has”), “including” (and any form of including, such as “includes” and “include”) or “containing” (and any form of containing, such as “contains” and “contain”) are inclusive or open-ended and do not exclude additional, unrecited features, elements, components, groups, integers, and/or steps, but do not exclude the presence of other unstated features, elements, components, groups, integers and/or steps.
- compositions and methods comprising or may be replaced with “consisting essentially of” or “consisting of”.
- the term “consisting” is used to indicate the presence of the recited integer (e.g., a feature, an element, a characteristic, a property, a method/process step or a limitation) or group of integers (e.g., feature(s), element(s), characteristic(s), property(ies), method/process steps or limitation(s)) only.
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- words of approximation such as, without limitation, “about”, “substantial” or “substantially” refers to a condition that when so modified is understood to not necessarily be absolute or perfect but would be considered close enough to those of ordinary skill in the art to warrant designating the condition as being present.
- the extent to which the description may vary will depend on how great a change can be instituted and still have one of ordinary skill in the art recognize the modified feature as still having the required characteristics and capabilities of the unmodified feature.
- a numerical value herein that is modified by a word of approximation such as “about” may vary from the stated value by at least ⁇ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 or 15%.
- compositions and/or methods disclosed and claimed herein can be made and executed without undue experimentation in light of the present disclosure. While the compositions and methods of this invention have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, it will be apparent to those of skill in the art that variations may be applied to the compositions and/or methods and in the steps or in the sequence of steps of the method described herein without departing from the concept, spirit and scope of the invention. All such similar substitutes and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and concept of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
- each dependent claim can depend both from the independent claim and from each of the prior dependent claims for each and every claim so long as the prior claim provides a proper antecedent basis for a claim term or element.
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- This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/775,047, filed Dec. 4, 2018, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- The present disclosure is generally related to medical apparatus, and more particularly, related to vertebral plates for retaining vertebrae.
- The subject matter disclosed in the background section should not be assumed to be prior art merely as a result of its mention in the background section. Similarly, a problem mentioned in the background section or associated with the subject matter of the background section should not be assumed to have been previously recognized in the prior art. The subject matter in the background section merely represents different approaches, which in and of themselves may also correspond to implementations of the claimed technology.
- Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion is an operation that involves relieving pressure placed on nerve roots and a spinal cord by a herniated disc or bone spurs. Such condition is referred to as nerve root compression. The procedure includes removing damaged intervertebral disc, which is a source of compression and placing a bone graft between vertebrae adjacent to a space left by the removed disc. The bone graft is generally an inter-vertebral-body cage filled with bone.
- Currently, a vertebral plate is used to stabilize the spine and contain an intra-body cage while the spine heals. Further, various plates are used for the process of internal fixation of the cervical spine. Such plates have fixed angle, variable angle and a mixture of both with locking mechanism. However, with the usage of such plates in conjunction with inter-body cages leads to one or more problems such as the inter-body cages telescope or subside into an adjacent vertebral bodies on a delayed basis after surgery. Such problem occurs due to a variety of factors including differences in biomechanical properties of the cage in relation to the vertebral body, inadvertent destruction of the end plate during end plate preparation, poor bone quality and micromotion. Further, if subsidence becomes too great, then screws may break or loosen and the plate may fail.
- Conventional vertebral plates have a complex structure with large profile. Further, several screws are required to fix these vertebral plates on vertebrae, that requires multiple screw holes to be made on the vertebrae. Therefore, there is a need for an improved low profile cervical plate that would need less number of screw holes to be drill on vertebrae of the patients.
- In one embodiment, the present invention includes a vertebral plate comprising: a frame having a modified triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw. In one aspect, the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae. In another aspect, the frame is made of titanium. In another aspect, a thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm. In another aspect, a size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm. In another aspect, the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees. In another aspect, the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw. In another aspect, the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a notch present between at least one pair of corners of the frame. In another aspect, an angle of curvature of the notch ranges from 0 to 180 degrees. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises stacking a plurality of vertebral plates in a one below another configuration. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a smooth depression present on at least one edge of the frame. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a protrusion for fitting between two adjacent vertebrae. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a bend in the vertebral plate to enable medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory. In another aspect, the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory with a bend angle ranging from 0 to 180 degrees. In another aspect, the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, cephalad, caudal screw trajectory with screw recesses to direct the medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory.
- In one embodiment, the present invention includes a vertebral plate consisting essentially of: a frame having a modified triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw. In one aspect, the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae. In another aspect, the frame is made of titanium. In another aspect, a thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm. In another aspect, a size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm. In another aspect, the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees. In another aspect, the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw. In another aspect, the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a notch present between at least one pair of corners of the frame. In another aspect, an angle of curvature of the notch ranges from 0 to 180 degrees. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises stacking a plurality of vertebral plates in a one below another configuration. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a smooth depression present on at least one edge of the frame. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a protrusion for fitting between two adjacent vertebrae. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a bend in the vertebral plate to enable medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory. In another aspect, the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory with a bend angle ranging from 0 to 180 degrees. In another aspect, the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, cephalad, caudal screw trajectory with screw recesses to direct the medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory.
- In another embodiment, the present invention includes a method of intervertebral fixation comprising: identifying a patient in need of cervical intervertebral fixation; providing a frame having a modified triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw; and affixing the frame to a first and a second cervical vertebrae with a screw at each screw hole present on each corner of the frame to provide intervertebral fixation. In one aspect, the method further comprises the step of affixing an additional frame between the first or second cervical vertebrae and a third vertebrae adjacent the first or second cervical vertebrae. In one aspect, the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae. In another aspect, the frame is made of titanium. In another aspect, a thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm. In another aspect, a size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm. In another aspect, the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees. In another aspect, the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw. In another aspect, the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a notch present between at least one pair of corners of the frame. In another aspect, an angle of curvature of the notch ranges from 0 to 180 degrees. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises stacking a plurality of vertebral plates in a one below another configuration. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a smooth depression present on at least one edge of the frame. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a protrusion for fitting between two adjacent vertebrae. In another aspect, the vertebral plate further comprises a bend in the vertebral plate to enable medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory. In another aspect, the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory with a bend angle ranging from 0 to 180 degrees. In another aspect, the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, cephalad, caudal screw trajectory with screw recesses to direct the medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory.
- The accompanying drawings illustrate various embodiments of systems, methods, and embodiments of various other aspects of the disclosure. Any person with ordinary skills in the art will appreciate that the illustrated element boundaries (e.g. boxes, groups of boxes, or other shapes) in the figures represent one example of the boundaries. It may be that in some examples one element may be designed as multiple elements or that multiple elements may be designed as one element. In some examples, an element shown as an internal component of one element may be implemented as an external component in another, and vice versa. Furthermore, elements may not be drawn to scale. Non-limiting and non-exhaustive descriptions are described with reference to the following drawings. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating principles.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of avertebral plate 100, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of avertebral plate 200, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a front view of avertebral plate 300, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a front view of avertebral plate 400, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 5 illustrates placement of thevertebral plate 100 on cervical vertebrae, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 6 illustrates a firststacked arrangement 600 a and a secondstacked arrangement 600 b of vertebral plates, and a magnifiedview 600 c of the firststacked arrangement 600 a and the secondstacked arrangement 600 b, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 7A illustrates a front view of avertebral plate 702, andFIG. 7B andFIG. 7C illustrate side views of thevertebral plate 702 comprising aprotrusion 712, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 7D illustrates thevertebral plate 702 fitted between afirst vertebra 714 and asecond vertebra 716, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. - While the making and using of various embodiments of the present invention are discussed in detail below, it should be appreciated that the present invention provides many applicable inventive concepts that can be embodied in a wide variety of specific contexts. The specific embodiments discussed herein are merely illustrative of specific ways to make and use the invention and do not delimit the scope of the invention.
- To facilitate the understanding of this invention, a number of terms are defined below. Terms defined herein have meanings as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the areas relevant to the present invention. Terms such as “a”, “an” and “the” are not intended to refer to only a singular entity, but include the general class of which a specific example may be used for illustration. The terminology herein is used to describe specific embodiments of the invention, but their usage does not limit the invention, except as outlined in the claims.
- The present invention includes a vertebral plate comprising: a frame having a modifies triangular shape; and a screw hole present on each corner of the frame, wherein each screw hole is designed to receive a screw; wherein the vertebral plate is attached over cervical vertebrae; wherein the frame is made of titanium; wherein thickness of the frame ranges from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm; wherein size of the frame ranges from 7 mm to 12 mm; wherein the frame has a curvature of up to 7 degrees; wherein the screw is one of a self-tapping screw and a self-drilling screw; wherein the screw has a size of 3.5 mm-4.5 mm; wherein, further comprising a viewing window disposed within an interior of the frame. The vertebral plate further comprising a notch present between at least one pair of corners of the frame; wherein an angle of curvature of the notch ranges from 0 to 180 degrees. The vertebral plate further comprising stacking a plurality of vertebral plates in a one below another configuration; wherein, further comprising a smooth depression present on at least one edge of the frame; wherein, further comprising a protrusion for fitting between two adjacent vertebrae; wherein, further comprising a bend in the vertebral plate to enable medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory; wherein the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, or caudal screw trajectory with a bend angle ranging from 0 to 180 degrees; wherein the bend in the vertebral plate enables the medial, lateral, cephalad, caudal screw trajectory with screw recesses to direct the medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory. Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like numerals represent like elements throughout the several figures, and in which example embodiments are shown. Embodiments of the claims may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The examples set forth herein are non-limiting examples and are merely examples among other possible examples.
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FIG. 1A illustrates avertebral plate 100, according to an embodiment. Thevertebral plate 100 may be used for implantation on one or more anterior portions of cervical vertebrae. Thevertebral plate 100 may be used for single level or adjacent level. Thevertebral plate 100 may be positioned upon at least two vertebrae, and below an intervertebral disc to be treated and/or removed. Thevertebral plate 100 may include aframe 102, having a triangular shape. The triangular shape may correspond to an isosceles triangle or an equilateral triangle. Further, theframe 102 may be made up of titanium or other suitable rigid implant material. - In one embodiment, the
frame 102 may comprise a screw hole present on each corner of theframe 102, i.e. afirst screw hole 104, asecond screw hole 106, and athird screw hole 108, collectively referred as screw holes. The screw holes may be designed to receive screws. Screws of size 3.5 mm and 4.0 mm may fit into the screw holes. It should be noted that a screw of 4.0 mm size may serve as a rescue screw if a screw of size 3.5 mm spin around in a bone. The screws may be of one or more types such as, but not limited to, self-tapping screws and self-drilling screws. It should be noted that multiple screw options may provide intra-operative flexibility. - In one embodiment, fixed angle screws, variable angle screws, and hybrid angle screws may be used with self-tapping and self-drilling tips in order to obviate one or more bone preparation steps. Further, the fixed angle screws, variable angle screws, and hybrid angle screws may be placed using a Drill, Tap, and Screw (DTS) Guide. Further, a trajectory of the screws through the DTS Guide may be fixed. It should be noted that the variable angle screws may be used with available angle drill guide. In one embodiment, the screws may be color-coded based on screw diameter.
- In one embodiment, the screws may be covered with a pivot cover (not shown). In one case, a ring may be placed over the screws. In an example, a locking ring may be deflected medially by a taper of the screws which may allow the screws to pass by the locking ring, as the screws advance into the bone. It should be noted that the locking ring may capture the screws. Further, the
frame 102 may comprise aviewing window 110 disposed within an interior of theframe 102. Theviewing window 110 may allow direct visualization between vertebrae. - In one embodiment, as illustrated in
FIG. 2 , anotch 110 may be present between at least one pair of corners of theframe 102. Further, as illustrated inFIG. 3 , anotch 302 having a different shape may be present between at least one pair of corners of theframe 102. Thenotch 202 and thenotch 302 may allow for better visualization of cervical vertebrae. Further, as illustrated inFIG. 4 , asmooth depression 402 may be present on at least one edge of theframe 102. In one case, thickness of theframe 102 may be 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm. The thickness of theframe 102 may be determined by mechanical testing. Further, a size of theframe 102 may range from 7 mm to 12 mm. Further, a curvature of theframe 102 may correspond to 7 degrees. It should be noted that average degrees of segmental lordosis range from 4 to 8 degree, for a level. In an example, Cervical Spine Locking Plate (CSLP) may be used in an anterior plating of cervical spine (i.e., C2-T2 location) for an internal fixation in a treatment of instabilities associated with fractures/dislocations, degenerative diseases, tumors, partial or total spondylectomy. - As shown in
FIG. 5 , during a surgical operation, a surgeon may attach thevertebral plate 100 tocervical vertebrae 502 of a patient. Thevertebral plate 100 may be implanted on one or more anterior or ventral portions of thecervical vertebrae 202. Thevertebral plate 100 may be temporarily affixed to vertebrae by using the screws fastened through the screw holes 104, 106, and 108. In one case, prefixation pins may be placed in the screw holes 104, 106, and 108, using a pin driver. Further, standard anterior exposure techniques may be used to expose one or more spinal segments to be fused. Further, a properly sizedvertebral plate 100 may span a distance between caudal and cephalad. It should be noted that a left-sided surgical or right-sided surgical approach may be used for the placement of thevertebral plate 100. Therefore, suchvertebral plate 100 may include less number of screws, have adequate stability, properly mobilize or immobilize (i.e. de novo or reversion anterior cervical discectomy, fusion technique, etc.), and work with any type of surgery. - A first
stacked arrangement 600 a and a secondstacked arrangement 600 b of vertebral plates, and a magnifiedview 600 c of the firststacked arrangement 600 a and the secondstacked arrangement 600 b are henceforth explained with reference toFIG. 6 . The firststacked arrangement 600 a may be provided between avertebral plate 602 and avertebral plate 604. Thevertebral plate 602 may comprise anotch 606 for allowing avortex 608 of thevertebral plate 604 to fit into or around a base of thevertebral plate 602. Similarly, the secondstacked arrangement 600 b may be provided between avertebral plate 620 and avertebral plate 622. Thevertebral plate 620 may comprise anotch 624 for allowing avortex 626 of thevertebral plate 622 to fit into or around a base of thevertebral plate 620. In one case, curvature of thenotch 606 and thenotch 624 may range from 0 to 180 degrees. The magnifiedview 600 c of thestacked arrangements gap 630 present between notch and vertex of vertebral plates. Thegap 630 may be present or contact between vertebral plates may be made based on surgical requirements for a patient. Further, if present, thegap 630 could be varied up to a predefined value to suit medical condition of a patient. - In one embodiment, referring to
FIG. 7A illustrating a front view of avertebral plate 702, structure of thevertebral plate 702 is explained. Thevertebral plate 702 may comprise three screw holes i.e. afirst screw hole 704, asecond screw hole 706, and athird screw hole 708, where each screw hole is present at a corner of thevertebral plate 702. The screw holes may be designed to receive screws. The screw holes may allow passing of screws of size 3.5 mm and 4.0 mm. It should be noted that a screw of 4.0 mm size may serve as a rescue screw if a screw of size 3.5 mm spin around in a bone. The screws may be of one or more types such as, but not limited to, self-tapping screws and self-drilling screws. It should be noted that multiple screw options may provide intra-operative flexibility. Further, aviewing window 710 may be disposed within an interior of thevertebral plate 702. Theviewing window 710 may allow direct visualization during a surgical operation. - Referring to
FIG. 7B illustrating a side view of thevertebral plate 702, structure of thevertebral plate 702 is explained. Further, as illustrated inFIG. 7B , thevertebral plate 702 comprises of aprotrusion 712. Further, as illustrated inFIG. 7C , thevertebral plate 702 may be bent such that a bend angle x° may be present between a base plane and a centre line of thevertebral plate 702. The bend angle x° may range from 0 to 180 degrees. In one case, the bent present in thevertebral plate 702 may enable medial, lateral, cephalad or caudal screw trajectory for low profile, over the vertebral body application. Also as an embodiment, related toFIG. 7C , a curve in thevertebral plate 702 may be provided in the opposite direction to provide cervical lordosis of the spine to enable use of a larger plate. Further, as illustrated inFIG. 7D , thevertebral plate 702 may fit onto afirst vertebra 714 and asecond vertebra 716. Theprotrusion 712 may fit within aspace 718 present between thefirst vertebra 714 and thesecond vertebra 716. Theprotrusion 712 and the bent may allow adequate positioning of thevertebral plate 702 onto multiple vertebrae. Further, multiple such vertebral plates could be stacked in one below another configuration, as previously illustrated and explained usingFIG. 5 andFIG. 6 for revision surgery. - It is contemplated that any embodiment discussed in this specification can be implemented with respect to any method, kit, reagent, or composition of the invention, and vice versa. Furthermore, compositions of the invention can be used to achieve methods of the invention.
- It will be understood that particular embodiments described herein are shown by way of illustration and not as limitations of the invention. The principal features of this invention can be employed in various embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, numerous equivalents to the specific procedures described herein. Such equivalents are considered to be within the scope of this invention and are covered by the claims.
- All publications and patent applications mentioned in the specification are indicative of the level of skill of those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains. All publications and patent applications are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.
- The use of the word “a” or “an” when used in conjunction with the term “comprising” in the claims and/or the specification may mean “one,” but it is also consistent with the meaning of “one or more,” “at least one,” and “one or more than one.” The use of the term “or” in the claims is used to mean “and/or” unless explicitly indicated to refer to alternatives only or the alternatives are mutually exclusive, although the disclosure supports a definition that refers to only alternatives and “and/or.” Throughout this application, the term “about” is used to indicate that a value includes the inherent variation of error for the device, the method being employed to determine the value, or the variation that exists among the study subjects.
- As used in this specification and claim(s), the words “comprising” (and any form of comprising, such as “comprise” and “comprises”), “having” (and any form of having, such as “have” and “has”), “including” (and any form of including, such as “includes” and “include”) or “containing” (and any form of containing, such as “contains” and “contain”) are inclusive or open-ended and do not exclude additional, unrecited features, elements, components, groups, integers, and/or steps, but do not exclude the presence of other unstated features, elements, components, groups, integers and/or steps. In embodiments of any of the compositions and methods provided herein, “comprising” may be replaced with “consisting essentially of” or “consisting of”. As used herein, the term “consisting” is used to indicate the presence of the recited integer (e.g., a feature, an element, a characteristic, a property, a method/process step or a limitation) or group of integers (e.g., feature(s), element(s), characteristic(s), property(ies), method/process steps or limitation(s)) only. As used herein, the phrase “consisting essentially of” requires the specified features, elements, components, groups, integers, and/or steps, but do not exclude the presence of other unstated features, elements, components, groups, integers and/or steps as well as those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristic(s) and/or function of the claimed invention.
- The term “or combinations thereof” as used herein refers to all permutations and combinations of the listed items preceding the term. For example, “A, B, C, or combinations thereof” is intended to include at least one of: A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, or ABC, and if order is important in a particular context, also BA, CA, CB, CBA, BCA, ACB, BAC, or CAB. Continuing with this example, expressly included are combinations that contain repeats of one or more item or term, such as BB, AAA, AB, BBC, AAABCCCC, CBBAAA, CABABB, and so forth. The skilled artisan will understand that typically there is no limit on the number of items or terms in any combination, unless otherwise apparent from the context.
- As used herein, words of approximation such as, without limitation, “about”, “substantial” or “substantially” refers to a condition that when so modified is understood to not necessarily be absolute or perfect but would be considered close enough to those of ordinary skill in the art to warrant designating the condition as being present. The extent to which the description may vary will depend on how great a change can be instituted and still have one of ordinary skill in the art recognize the modified feature as still having the required characteristics and capabilities of the unmodified feature. In general, but subject to the preceding discussion, a numerical value herein that is modified by a word of approximation such as “about” may vary from the stated value by at least ±1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 or 15%.
- All of the compositions and/or methods disclosed and claimed herein can be made and executed without undue experimentation in light of the present disclosure. While the compositions and methods of this invention have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, it will be apparent to those of skill in the art that variations may be applied to the compositions and/or methods and in the steps or in the sequence of steps of the method described herein without departing from the concept, spirit and scope of the invention. All such similar substitutes and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and concept of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
- To aid the Patent Office, and any readers of any patent issued on this application in interpreting the claims appended hereto, applicants wish to note that they do not intend any of the appended claims to invoke paragraph 6 of 35 U.S.C. § 112, U.S.C. § 112 paragraph (f), or equivalent, as it exists on the date of filing hereof unless the words “means for” or “step for” are explicitly used in the particular claim.
- For each of the claims, each dependent claim can depend both from the independent claim and from each of the prior dependent claims for each and every claim so long as the prior claim provides a proper antecedent basis for a claim term or element.
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